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content="MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION further to Questions for Oral Answer B7-0011/2011 and B7-0013/2011 pursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure on the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region Constanze Angela Krehl, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Evgeni Kirilov, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Victor Boştinaru, Hannes Swoboda, Edit Herczog, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Rovana Plumb, Ivailo Kalfin, Olga Sehnalová, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, George Sabin Cutaş, Zita Gurmai, Evelyn Regner, Ioan Enciu, Catherine Stihler, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Adrian Severin, Corina Creţu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu on behalf of the S&D Group" /><meta name="author" content="Constanze KREHL, Hannes SWOBODA, Catherine STIHLER, Zita GURMAI, Csaba Sándor TABAJDI, Edit HERCZOG, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Adrian SEVERIN, Corina CREȚU, Evgeni KIRILOV, Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU, Rovana PLUMB, Victor BOŞTINARU, Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Ivailo KALFIN, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, George 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for Oral Answer B7‑0011/2011 and B7‑0013/2011<br /> pursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure<br /> <br />Constanze Angela Krehl, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Evgeni Kirilov, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Victor Boştinaru, Hannes Swoboda, Edit Herczog, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Rovana Plumb, Ivailo Kalfin, Olga Sehnalová, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, George Sabin Cutaş, Zita Gurmai, Evelyn Regner, Ioan Enciu, Catherine Stihler, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Adrian Severin, Corina Creţu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu on behalf of the S&D Group <br /><br /><div class="mb-2"><p class="bg-white alert alert-info d-xl-inline-block mb-0">See also joint motion for a resolution <a href="/doceo/document/RC-7-2011-0129_EN.html">RC-B7-0129/2011</a></p></div> <div class="doceo-ring card mb-3" lang="en"><div class="card-header bg-white"><div class="d-flex justify-content-between flex-wrap"><div>Procedure : <a href="https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2011/2532(RSP)">2011/2532(RSP)</a></div><div class="text-muted">Document stages in plenary</div></div></div><div class="card-body"><div class="d-block d-sm-flex mt-0 mb-2"><span class="mt-1">Document selected : </span><div class="mt-1">B7-0130/2011</div></div><div><div class="doceo-ring-steps bg-white"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white active"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Texts tabled : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div> <span class="font-weight-bold text-break">B7-0130/2011</span> </div></div></div></div><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Debates : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div></div></div></div></div><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white active"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Votes : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div> <a href="/doceo/document/PV-7-2011-02-17-ITM-006-05_EN.html" class="text-break">PV 17/02/2011 - 6.5</a> </div></div></div></div><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step bg-white active"><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-content"><span class="doceo-ring-steps-step-label">Texts adopted : </span><div class="doceo-ring-steps-step-details"><div> <a href="/doceo/document/TA-7-2011-0065_EN.html" class="text-break">P7_TA(2011)0065</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div><div class="mb-3"><p>B7‑0130/2011</p><h2 class="es_title-h2">European Parliament resolution on the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region</h2><p></p></div><p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:0pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; "><span style="font-style:italic; ">The European Parliament</span>,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to Article 192 and Article 265(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the oral questions on a European Strategy for the Danube Region (O 0150/2009, O 00014/2011 and O 000029/2011),</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard the European Parliament Resolution of 21st January 2010 on a European Strategy for the Danube region (P7-TA (2010)0008),</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the European Council of 18 and 19 June 2009, which called on the Commission to draw up, by 2010, a European Strategy for the Danube Region,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to its resolution of 24 March 2009 on the Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion and the state of the debate on the future reform of Cohesion policy,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the Committee of the Regions opinion of October 2009 on ‘An EU strategy for the Danube area’,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the Committee of the Regions’ own-initiative opinion ‘The Committee of the Regions’ White Paper on Multilevel Governance’ (CdR 89/2009 fin),</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee on the communication from the Commission on ‘Macro-regional cooperation – Rolling out the Baltic Sea Strategy to other macro-regions in Europe’ (ECO/251),</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the Council work programme for 18 months drawn up by the Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian presidencies,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions concerning the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (COM(2010)715/4) and its accompanying Action Plan (SEC(2010)1489/3) , adopted on the 8th of December 2010,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">– having regard to Rules 115(5) and 110(2) of its Rules of Procedure,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">A. whereas the Treaty of Lisbon acknowledges territorial cohesion as an objective of the European Union (Article 3 TEU),</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">B. whereas macro-regional strategies are aimed at making better use of existing resources to tackle issues of territorial development and identify joint responses to common challenges,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">C. whereas in order to increase the effectiveness of regional policy the idea of an integrated approach should be supported and developed, including the creation of strategies for macro-regions that are strategies for the whole of the European Union,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">D. whereas the Baltic Sea Strategy already provides a model for coordinating EU policies and funding in geopolitical territorial units – macro-regions – defined on the basis of specific criteria,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">E. whereas the Danube region, comprising 14 European countries and 115 million people both within and outside the EU – Germany, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova and Ukraine – is an area where enhanced synergies between various EU policies – cohesion, transport, economic, energy, environment, enlargement and neighbourhood policies – can be developed,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">F. whereas the EU Strategy for the Danube Region should therefore combine economic, environmental, social and cultural elements,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">G. whereas the Danube region constitutes an interconnected macro-region with heterogeneous economic capacities,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">H. whereas the economic development of the Danube region will significantly increase the economic wealth of this macro-region and stimulate employment,</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">1. Welcomes the approval of the European Commission of the Strategy for the Danube Region and supports the Action Plan accompanying it, focused on four pillars (connecting the Danube Region, protecting the environment, building prosperity and strengthening the Danube Region) and answering to the need to improve mobility, energy security, environmental protection, social end economic development, security and civil protection into the Danube region;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">2. Reminds that the European Parliament has been calling for this strategy since 2008 and calls on the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and on the European Council to endorse the EU Strategy for the Danube region by the June European Council and to start as quick as possible its implementation;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">3. Welcomes, in particular, the fact that the Strategy is the result of broad consultation of interested parties, including national, regional and local authorities but also the academic and business communities as well as NGOs, underlining that this consists in an important factor in its success; in this regard calls for the establishment of a civil society forum in the region, similar to the Baltic Sea Action Summit in the case of EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea, that bring together public and private actors, enabling them to become involved in the development of macro-regional strategies;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">4. Believes that the Strategy’s territorial dimension will lead to the concrete development of the idea of territorial cohesion, which the Treaty of Lisbon places on an equal footing with economic and social cohesion, and with this in mind calls on the Commission to engage in active dialogue on the role and impact of EU macro-regional policies after 2013;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">5. Considers that the enlargement of the European Union as well as major trans-national challenges such as the economic crisis, environmental threats, sustainable transport, energy connectivity, resource sustainability, the ecological use of water resources, show that the interdependence of individual states is on the rise, sectoral thinking is no longer appropriate and in this context the establishment of macro-regions opens up new, more efficient perspectives for cooperation by taking an integrated, coordinated approach to sustainable development on a broader regional territorial level and setting out a more efficient use of the Danube Region’s immense potential for development;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">6. Underlines that its conformity with EU2020 objectives ensures that the Strategy is in line with European development trends and the EU’s commitment to smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and will help raise prosperity, security and peace by providing new, additional advantages in political, economic and cultural areas;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">7. Expresses its conviction that the Danube Strategy, if supported by a strong political commitment of the Member States, could represent a significant contribution to the overall success and the efficiency of the European recovery strategy after the recent years of economic and financial crisis, giving a new impetus to sustainable growth at regional, national and European level, not only within the limits of Central and Southern-Eastern Europe, but also in a much wider geographical context;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">8. Notes the deep impact the global financial and economic crisis has had on all countries in the region, in particular on the Danube riparian countries; calls on all stakeholders not to weaken their commitment to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region because of the crisis;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">9. Emphasizes that the Danube Strategy, together with the various forms of cross-border cooperation that it implies, could easily become a key factor of economic and environmental development, catalyzing local and regional efforts and development needs, contributing to the creation of strong cross-border interrelations in various types of industrial supply chains, municipal and regional cooperation projects and transnational transport modernization initiatives;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">10. Believes that the development of large-scale strategies, such as macro- regional strategies, should contribute to enhancing the role of the local and regional level in the implementation of EU policy more generally;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">11. Stresses the fact that the new ‘macro-regional’ framework of cooperation has a strong ‘top-down’ approach, and that in the framework of this model of cooperation it has to be ensured that the natural handicaps of the peripheral regions are converted into assets and opportunities, and that the development of these regions is stimulated’;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">12. Recommends, in this context, increasing the local communities’ involvement by setting up wider and more focused communication and consultation tools, including through the local media (local television, radio and printed and online newspapers); suggesting a special web portal devoted to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, which would act as a forum for the exchange of experiences regarding current and future projects undertaken by central and local governments, NGOs and other entities active in the Danube Region;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">13. States that the successful implementation of the EU Danube Strategy depends on the ability, capacity and preparedness of municipal actors to intervene on the regional labour markets with project initiatives triggering local demand of labour force, creating the basis for smart and environment friendly growth, improving cooperation between border regions of different Member States, and ensuring long-term development of the European water transport network; from this perspective, it is of paramount importance to integrate the Danube Strategy in the frame of a long-term vision of the European environmental, social and industrial development strategy, and to ensure that it enjoys a strong and determined political support of all Member States;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">14. Draws attention to the disproportion in terms of economic development and innovation that exists in the Danube Region and the necessity to increase the potential of all areas, including the highly developed ones, as they can help in pulling forward the least advantaged regions; points out the need to promote new areas with development and innovation potential and to take the opportunity of using the added value of the Baltic Sea Strategy and of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and other future macro-regional strategies to reach new level of synergy which can reduce existing disparities, in order to create a permanent area of common prosperity;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">15. Calls for the development of the energy infrastructure, energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to establish an integrated and well functioning market for energy;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">16. Underlines the importance of promoting sustainable tourism in the region and to establish the Danube Region as European tourist destination and to develop a European brand for the Danube Region;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">17. Takes note of the medium and long-term forecasts which indicate that the Southern regions of Europe will be particularly affected by the consequences of climate change; is convinced that the Danube Strategy has an important role to play in these regards, and should be designed with the view and objective to mitigate adverse effects related to climate change in the Danubian regions, taking into account the complex role and nature of the network of rivers (water supply, ecological aspects, transport infrastructure, irrigation and agricultural dimension, protected species and flora, etc.);</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">18. Points out that Central and South- Eastern Europe are from an ecological point of view one of the richest but at the same time one of the most vulnerable areas of Europe, characterised by an ecosystem of high ecological complexity and great value therefore requiring a high level of protection. The European Strategy for the Danube Region aims at creating a liveable, sustainable and at the same time developed, prosperous Danube Region by managing environmental risks such as floods and industrial pollution, preserving the quality and quantity of water reserves under control and ensuring their sustainable use, preserving biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">19. Stresses that smart economic development and investments are very promising areas of economic growth. Green technologies and ecological modernisation, such as improved energy efficiency and better waste management can contribute to the sustainable development of the region and the reduction of the negative environmental impacts of economic activity;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">20. Emphasizes that the Danube Region is Europe’s gate to the Western Balkans therefore the European Strategy for the Danube Region is not only conducive to the improvement of neighbourhood relations in Central and South-Eastern Europe but provides important added value in the EU’s Eastern European policy, thus represents an excellent opportunity for the entire Union to fortify its political and economic cooperation with the Balkans, and, as a consequence, to contribute to the expansion and consolidation of the process of European integration in the region;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">21. Acknowledges the important role played by the Danube Strategy in the promotion of green economy, green innovation and in a larger sense research and innovation aiming at the emergence of a new, competitive low-carbon economy, and a stronger presence of environmental friendly approaches in the development of cross-border industrial cooperation projects;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">22. Underlines that environmentally friendly transport modes as rail or inland waterway transport shall gain priority while planning the transport system of the region, with full respect to all relevant elements of applicable EU acquis;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">23. Calls the Commission and the Member States to improve the infrastructure and economic performance of the Danube region and complete the implementation of TEN-T Priority Projects -related to the Danube Region- on time and in an environmentally sustainable way;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">24. Underlines that the “Joint Statement on the Development of Inland Navigation and Environmental Protection in the Danube River Basin” was developed by the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, the Danube Commission and the International Sava River Basin Commission and it offers general advice for waterway infrastructure projects in order to address both technical planners and other interested stakeholders who want to be involved in a waterway development planning process. These guidelines call for an integrated planning team, to assess the needs and to include as much as possible win-win measures for both improving navigation and the ecological status;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">25. Encourages the enhancement of Danube’s cultural environment by promoting cultural dialogue, supporting university exchange programmes and youth projects based on transnational cooperation, fostering sustainable tourism, and protecting the historical and built heritage;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">26. Stresses the necessity of a coordinated approach with a view to more efficient use of all available EU funds in the countries of the Danube Region so that the goals of the Strategy can be fulfilled to the best possible extents;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">27. Stresses that expenditures budgeted by the Structural Funds in 2007-2013 aiming the Danube region are about 100 billion EUR(24,8 billion EUR for transport, 3 billion EUR for energy, 6,7 billion EUR for tourism, 19,5 billion EUR for environment, 13,9 billion EUR for research, innovation, entrepreneurship, 3,6 billion EUR for Information society, 13,0 billion EUR for Human capital, 7,6 billion EUR for inclusion, 3,4 billion EUR for technical assistance) and there are also significant IPA and ENPI funds available;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">28. Stresses that non-used financial resources could also be a source of financing for macro-regional projects; Calls on the Member States and regions to take advantage of the Structural Funds available for 2007-2013 in order to ensure maximum support for the Strategy, in particular to promote job creation and economic growth in areas most affected by the economic crisis, and, at the same time, recommends, where justified, making provision for changes to the Operational Programmes in the current programming period; highlights that exploiting the particular characteristics of regions could lead to much more effective use of the Structural Funds and the creation of added value at regional level;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">29. Encourages the development of specific provisions with the forthcoming general regulation on Structural Funds on the basis of territorial cooperation provisions that are clear, and take into account the different administrative culture and do not impose extra administrative burdens on the beneficiaries, in order to strengthen the cooperation between countries and regions, and the development of further joint action strategies which may enhance the region’s attractiveness at the European and international levels and may subsequently constitute a model for cross-border cooperation;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">30. Draws attention to the existing Preparatory action - "The definition of the Governance model for the EU Danube Region - better and effective coordination" and calls on the commission and the Members states to properly use this budget to finance activities related to the definition of the governance model required by the development and implementation of the EUSRD;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">31. Underlines the importance of providing the necessary technical assistance for the implementation of the actions and projects carried out in the framework of the EUSDR. Costs of technical assistance shall be better recognised and considered while planning the financial framework for the Strategy. The amount provided for assistance shall be available for partners if it is used for purposes and actions coordinated on macro-regional level;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">32. Considers that all actions regarding sector policies with a territorial dimension are of key importance to the Strategy’s success and the achievement of its ambitious goals;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">33. Salutes the announcement of the priority area coordinators for EU Strategy for Danube Region made by the European Commission on the 3rd of February 2011; considers that from now on the countries and the regions leading priority areas of work should drive implementation of the Strategy by agreeing a work programme, identifying sources of finance, strengthening the cooperation between countries and regions in that particular area and launch the most immediate actions to help the Danube region to fully exploit its economic potential and, especially, to respect the deadline for the implementation of the flagship projects in that particular area;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">34. Calls on the European Commission, in the context of the need to carry out an interim analysis of the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, to prepare concrete instruments and criteria for evaluating projects based on indicators that allow comparisons to be made;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">35. Draws attention to the fact that the EU Strategy for the Danube Region should be seen as a process in which the principle of action and cooperation is constantly developed, making it necessary to update the strategy, and that the overriding goal is to find optimal mechanisms that can be transferred to future macro-regional strategies; supports the Commission’s plan to create a best practices database with a view to using these practices to develop future macro-regional strategies;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">36. Calls on the European Commission to analyse the first results and experiences in connection with the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, which, together with the EU Baltic Sea Strategy, will help to map out possible sources and methods for financing macro-regional strategies and help in using the example of the Strategy as a pilot project for other macro-regional strategies to demonstrate their functionality; stresses however that the development of macro-regions is essentially of a complementary nature, coordinating existing priorities and funding resources;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">37. Underlines that, linked by the Main-Danube canal, the Rhine and the Danube are directly connecting eleven countries from the North Sea to the Black Sea over a length of 3500km and emphasises the need to extend the EU Strategy for the Danube Region towards the Black Sea region; points out that the sustainable development of the Danube region will further enhance the geostrategic importance of the Black Sea region;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">38. Draws attention, for the benefit of possible future macro-regional strategies, to the need for the European Commission to be able to anticipate such strategies on the basis of the territorial specificities of the regions concerned, providing the participating Member States with fresh ideas concerning topics of European interest and supporting them in drawing up a strategy;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">39. Calls on the Commission to regularly inform and consult the European Parliament on the status of implementation and update of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:12pt; margin-left:17.85pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:-17.85pt; ">40. 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